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DC Comics has graciously provided BuzzFeed a sneak peek at the upcoming series “Before Watchmen.” And we’re happy to let you know that.

The new series captures prequel stories of the seminal characters created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, and has already been embroilled in controversy from purists that either believe the original series should stand alone or that are convinced the new stories won’t equal the epic storytelling of the original series. Whatever. Of course it shouldn’t and of course they won’t. However, given the creative teams involved, we’re confident the stories will stand on their own merits.

There’s a solid foundation for these prequels because Moore created such dense backstories. Effectively, Moore’s work set up the possibility of this type of series so it should be no surprise that DC would want to exploit that. It’s no different than James Cameron setting up the prequel to Titanic. Without all of the legwork he did on his “big boat” movie, there would have been no Rose’s Bawdy Adventures.

This won’t be the first time that new material has been added to a sacred cannon of original work. And if the objection is that Moore’s unique vision shouldn’t be sullied, keep in mind that he chose to publish it under the DC banner, so the stories are no longer his.

We’re feeling cavalier tonight and hope to stir up some of our own controversy. We’re pretty good at lying, so how about “The Watchmen sucked eggs out of a dirty goose!” or “Alan Moore is a plagiarist hack!” or “Dave Gibbons art is boring and Rorschach is a git!”

Frankly, we don’t care if the new series aren’t as great as Watchmen. They just have to be good. And they will be.

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Firewater and Chaser: Relish the Confusion!

We were feeling musical tonight and since we haven’t done one of these in a while, here’s a new Firewater and Chaser combo. Within every genre of pop music, there is a mountain of poo with the occasional gem hidden in the mess. Such it is with death metal. There are soooooooo many bands that […]

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It’s been a while. Time for another liquid burner and chaser. First up…Filter. Formed in 1995. Not really big fans. However, the first album, Short Bus, has an aggressive song that will be today’s eye-melter. The reason we like this song is that it reminds us of an angry day when we were driving too fast down […]

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It’s been a while since we did one of these, so it’s time for another loud and aggressive song followed by a mellow and soft ditty. Up first, Black Sabbath. Yes, we’ve done Sabbath before but besides liking BS (our blog is full of it), we’re pulling from a different iteration of the band. As […]

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Today’s hard swill and chaser combo brings us two versions of “Hafanana.” Boney NEM is up first. Бони НЕМ (Boney NEM) rocks this catchy little ditty with their Russian metal bravado. Who are we to judge their song choice? Keep in mind that these are the same blokes that covered “Strangers in the Night.” Why […]

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Time for another entry in our rot gut & chaser thingy. Today we’re thinking about “Sober” by Tool. Why we likey? It’s a gloriously wrenching song with bleak lyrics sung in soul-bottom anguish. Yes, ultimately it’s a pop song (it went all the way to “13” on the 1994 U.S. pop charts) but pop culture […]

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James Bond

We’ve done a lot of James Bond posts, particularly on the movies. One film we’ve neglected to discuss thus far, however, was 1983’s Never Say Never Again. There are (currently) 23 movies officially sanctioned by the original and subsequently official James Bond franchise. However, there have been two other films and one TV show that also have […]

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… and here are the ones that didn’t make the cut. Following up on Top 10 James Bond Movie Villains, these are the villains that we would have like to include, but just couldn’t justify doing so given our criteria. Nonetheless, they deserve some accolades by the merits that they do have. So: 1. Grant: […]

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The fact that we are enjoying the 50th year of James Bond movies what with all the releases of this and that, caused us to reflect on the James Bond movie franchise again after so many months since our last posts. On our way home from work, we were quoting some of our favorite Bond […]

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If you’ve read any of our other James Bond posts, you’ll know that we fall into that camp of fans that actually like George Lazenby and love OHMSS (On Her Majesty’s Secret Service). This piece by LIFE is an interesting look behind the scenes. Looking at the pool of candidates, we have to agree with the […]

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It’s out! The first trailer for the 23rd outing in the James Bond franchise: Skyfall. Release date in the US is November 9, 2012. HERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL IMAGES FROM THE MOVIE AND HERE IS THE OFFICIAL POSTER We posted pictures and information on Skyfall and Sam Mendes, the director, in a previous post: Skyfall […]

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